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Car break-ins in East Isles, Minneapolis

From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, the Minneapolis Police Department recorded 120 car break-in, auto theft, vehicle parts theft and property damage reports in the East Isles neighborhood: down 35% from 184 in the same period of 2025, and up 45% from 83 in 2019. That ranks East Isles #48 of 87 Minneapolis neighborhoods by reports this year. The most common category was property damage / vandalism (41, 34% of the total). Reports with a recorded time most often happened overnight.

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From Jan 1 through Oct 1, 2026, MPD recorded 293 offenses of every kind in the East Isles neighborhood, down 20% from 2025. That is 84.1 offenses per 1,000 residents (3,483 residents in the 2020 Census), against 0.7 citywide. It ranks #38 of 87 by number of offenses and #30 of 83 by rate.

Type20262025Change Per 1,000 residents
Homicide 1 0 0.3
Aggravated assault 9 11 down 18% 2.6
Simple assault 14 11 up 27% 4.0
Intimidation 10 17 down 41% 2.9
Robbery 7 5 up 40% 2.0
Sex offenses 4 0 1.1
Burglary 12 19 down 37% 3.4
Theft from motor vehicle 37 54 down 32% 10.6
Motor vehicle theft 32 39 down 18% 9.2
Vehicle parts theft 10 5 up 100% 2.9
Shoplifting 29 19 up 53% 8.3
Other theft 47 61 down 23% 13.5
Property damage / vandalism 41 86 down 52% 11.8
Fraud 9 19 down 53% 2.6
Drug offenses 25 11 up 127% 7.2
Weapon law violations 1 3 down 67% 0.3
Other offenses 5 4 up 25% 1.4

Rates count residents only, so places with many workers or visitors (Downtown, Uptown, industrial areas) look high. Reported crimes only; shots-fired calls and subset rows are left out. Explore every offense type for East Isles or compare it with other places.

The same calendar window every year, so 2026 is compared like for like.

0 62 125 188 250 832019 1092020 1152021 1462022 2132023 1692024 1842025 1202026
YearReportsChange from prior year
2019 83
2020 109 up 31%
2021 115 up 6%
2022 146 up 27%
2023 213 up 46%
2024 169 down 21%
2025 184 up 9%
2026 120 down 35%

Reports from Jan 1 to Oct 1. "Property damage / vandalism" is MPD's own category and isn't vehicle-specific.

Category201920252026Change from 2025
Theft from motor vehicle 35 54 37 down 31%
Motor vehicle theft 21 39 32 down 18%
Vehicle parts theft 2 5 10 up 100%
Property damage / vandalism 25 86 41 down 52%

When reports in East Isles happened, Jan 1 to Oct 1. Many reports have no recorded time.

  • Overnight 34
  • Morning 31
  • Afternoon 30
  • Evening 25
Monthly counts, 2019 to 2026
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 15 6 6 5 13 10 9 9 10 8 6 14
2020 9 11 16 8 6 13 20 15 11 11 13 15
2021 12 12 6 7 13 20 15 11 17 16 15 18
2022 20 9 17 12 15 16 19 12 26 18 21 10
2023 27 19 18 35 23 15 23 26 26 21 17 13
2024 21 21 12 23 13 14 20 25 19 24 9 7
2025 11 14 27 11 25 13 42 24 16 22 22 18
2026 17 21 20 10 14 9 15 7 7 0

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Cite this page
Glass on the Street. (2026). Car break-ins and crime in East Isles, Minneapolis. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://glassonthestreet.com/neighborhoods/east-isles. Data: Minneapolis Police Department, via City of Minneapolis open data, through October 1, 2026.

Source: this site's import of Minneapolis Police Department open data, counted by report date through the last date MPD has published. Counts are raw totals, not adjusted for population. 2019 is the first year of MPD's current records feed and its early months run well below later years, so read comparisons against 2019 with care. This is not an official crime statistic.